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• • This is a surprisingly large number
• About four  million are sick and many are actually dying from the effects of   arsenic  poisoning.
• About four million are sick and many are actually dying from the effects of  arsenic poisoning.
• Dr Naidu.

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• Australia also has problems with Arsenic - rowleype on 2007-10-31

• • This raises questions about how govt infrastructure impacts the problem
• So far, no programme aid has reached the  people.

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